Sentences with phrase «of labouring women»

If it is due to the way in which labour is managed in hospital, changes should be made to practices which compromise the safety of labouring women.

The lack of disturbance associated with giving birth at home allows the full expression of the labouring woman's «ecstatic hormones».

How did we come to put the needs of care givers those of the labouring woman?

Despite more than 90 MPs signing the parliamentary motion against the proposals tabled by Audrey Wise MP, outbursts of anger at meetings of the PLP addressed by Harriet Harman, protests and vocal opposition from women Labour Party members and lone parent organisations — even Glenys Kinnock MEP added her name to a petition and letter against the proposals — the new batch of Labour women MPs were largely noticeable by their absence.

She was elected to the Party's National Women's Conference in 1989 and chaired the National Conference of Labour Women in 1991.

Jo Cox, Chair of the Labour Women's Network, attended the equalities meeting, bringing determination and practical suggestions.

1 pm: Crunching the maths, FT Westminster blog looks at the current number of Labour women MPs and concludes: «By proposing that half the cabinet should be female, Harman is - ironically - suggesting that the Labour women MPs are twice as talented as the men.»

Many of those Labour women MPs are of such a background and disproportionately provide classic failures.

She is a former NUS Scotland Chair and current treasurer of Labour Women Network.

Not exact matches

Organized as a follow - up to January's Women's March on Washington, the one - day walk - out — called the International Women's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wearWomen's March on Washington, the one - day walk - out — called the International Women's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wearWomen's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wearwomen - or minority - owned businesses) and wear red.

But in this competition, even the winners are losers: Only 60 % of women over 25 are members of Canada's labour pool.

The best way to boost the labour participation rates of women is affordable daycare.

The IMF staff report on Canada raises an issue that I wrote about during the election campaign: the unacceptably large gap — 10 percentage points — between the labour - force participation rates of men and women.

The percentage of women between the ages of 25 and 54 with full - time jobs rose from 58 % in 2000 to 63 % in 2007, as women entered the labour force as never before, causing family incomes to rise.

A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role marriage plays in the lesbian wage premium, and found that women who don't expect to be part of a traditional family spend more time investing in labour participation through on - the - job training and working longer hours than household skills.

The data show that the mat - leave issue is bound to escalate, as the future labour force will be increasingly made up of women.

Part of Finance Minister Bill Morneau's spending plan is expected to emphasize gender equality and lay out efforts to boost the labour - force participation of women.

He noted the federal government's budget last month made commitments aimed at increasing the labour - force participation of women.

However, some economists and critics have said while the budget moved in the right direction when it comes to raising female labour - force participation, its failure to announce steps towards national affordable child care likely means a significant number of women will remain out of the workforce.

The fiscal plan tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons was packed with billions of dollars worth of new investments, including measures to increase the labour - force participation of women.

: Complexities of Consent for Women's Reproductive and Sexual Labour» Thursday March 12, 2015 2pm - 3:30 pm Room: TRS 3 - 129

Roberts cites an observation by labour historian Jan Kainer: «Women's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.&rWomen's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.&rwomen's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.»

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Speakers making the case for why it's time to listen to the experts and Canadians — and get down to business and develop a made - in - Canada proportional representation system include Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Katelynn Northam, electoral reform campaign lead at Leadnow, Farhat Rehman of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and Annie Bérubé, director of government relations at Équiterre.

Three modules over three months, Back to Work is a specialized learning program for women who are returning to the labour market after an extended period of absence.

Much of the gains over the past decades can be attributed to gains made by women in the labour force: more women are working, and they are earning more.

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

Being a woman on a job site isn't always easy — we represent under 10 % of the skilled labour force and when you walk onto a job site it can be intimidating.

Labouring the point she quips: «For example, you could target executive women under the age of 30 with no children, in middle management but who are seeking a promotion.»

«This new legislation is part of our overall commitment to fairness in Ontario's workplaces and will help ensure that women and other groups are treated equitably,» said Ontario Labour Minister Kevin Flynn.

Jim «I'm not entirely certain I'd agree that the single male profile is indicative of what would have happened if women had not upped their labour force participation since the 70's.»

Sexual discriminationj against the women is demonstrated in the division of labour in the electronics industry.

Women are now serving as Minister of Justice, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Minister of Trade, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour, and even Chief of Staff.

Marco was arrested for being «too Catholic», and Natalia volunteered to go with a group of women rounded up for forced labour; both died in concentration camps.

I know that for some segments of the Church the thought of good - Christian - women - in - bikinis jumps your fence because of a lifetime spent labouring under strict modesty rules.

in the context of the present government policy of high - tech development based on the global free market, the dalits, the tribals and the fisherfolk are increasingly getting alienated from the Land, the Forest and the Water - sources respectively which have been giving them their living, and are also getting uprooted from their habitat and culture; and women are commoditized and their sexuality, fertility and labour are increasingly commercialized.

But I am also aware that every year, hundreds of thousands of women and babies experience no such reprieve from the preventable death sentence imposed when labour goes wrong and there is not even the most basic health care available to ease their suffering and save their lives.

Actually these marginalised people lived by nature's bounties - the dalits through agricultural labour on land, the tribals by the resources of the forests, the fisherfolk of the sea and other water sources and the women by the organic functions of family life.

The Labour party appointed Seema Malhotra as the first - ever shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls, and the Archbishop of Canterbury vocalised his backing for Christian charity Restored, which is equipping the Church to tackle gender - based violence.

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Only 28 % of the women in the date eating group needed prostin / oxytocin (for inducing / augmenting labour), which was significantly lower than the 47 % who needed induction in the control group (p = 0.036).

On average too, the latent phase of the first stage of labour was shorter in women who consumed date fruit compared with the non-date fruit consumers (510 min vs 906 min, p = 0.044).

Today, a protest campaign in front of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) was held by hundreds of farmers and civil society supporters led by the National Women Farmers and Workers Association (NWFA) and Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF).

Fathers are often the main support for women during the first hours of labour when they are typically advised to stay at home.

When I was expecting my 2nd child I had a book on pregnancy and childbirth, which contained photographs of women in labour and during childbirth.

Whilst we do not have rigorous evaluation evidence of the effectiveness of Ecole des Maris, testimony from the men involved, and from pregnant women and new mothers, indicates that the scheme has transformed attitudes towards healthcare, as well as substantially increasing the rates of attended labour in a country where maternal and child death rates at birth remain high.

Clinical midwife manager for Wiltshire Community Health Services Amanda Gell said: «The pilot scheme responds to the needs of women who give birth either at night or the early hours of the morning and want the support of their partners in the crucial period after labour.

Some women experience a sudden burst of energy just before the birth but it's important that you try to conserve your energy for whenever labour begins and baby arrives.

Unlike what you see on television, a woman's water breaking as the sign that labour is starting only happens in approximately 5 % of cases.

My understanding of one of the evidence based benefits of a doula came from studies which looked at «a woman known to the labouring woman» but not involved in her medical care being present for the labour reduced Caesarean section.